Wattle Grove man Shayne Farah granted bail after child abuse material allegations
A former animal rescue worker from southwest Sydney hit with charges of possessing child abuse material has applied for bail. Read the latest from court.
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A man facing multiple child abuse material charges after the Australian Federal Police arrested him has been granted bail in the NSW Supreme Court three months after his arrest.
Former animal rescue worker Shayne Farah was charged with possessing, soliciting and sending child abuse material charges after the AFP received a tip-off from a US organisation about a user sharing material on social media.
The 53-year-old Wattle Grove man applied for bail in the NSW Supreme Court on Wednesday with Justice Hament Dhanji granting it under more than a dozen conditions.
They included being of good behaviour, reporting to police every day and not leaving the redacted address between 8pm and 6am unless in the company of an individual, whose name was also redacted from court documents.
He is banned from being in the company of any person aged under 16.
Further orders were imposed on Farah.
“The applicant is not to approach or communicate with, or attempt to make contact with, any prosecution witness other than a serving police officer, by any means, including telephone and internet social media platforms, or through a third party, other than a legal representative,’’ court documents stated.
Within 24 hours of his release, Farah must schedule an appointment with a GP in the next seven days so he can obtain a mental health care plan.
Farah cannot apply for a new passport or go within 500m of any point of international departure from Australia.
He is forbidden from having more than one mobile telephone service and SIM card, and it must not be connected to the internet. He must provide the password to the officer in charge.
He is also restricted from using encrypted devices such as WhatsApp and Wickr.
Farah was charged on February 13 after an AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received a report from the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an online user allegedly sharing material.
A search of Farah’s home the day he was charged led investigators to allegedly find child abuse material on electronic devices.
Farah was charged with causing child abuse material to be transmitted to self using a carriage service, using a carriage service to transmit child abuse material, using a carriage service to solicit child abuse material and possessing child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service. No pleas have been entered.
He is next due to face Campbelltown Local Court on June 4.
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